Carpetdiem

Carpetdiem draws carpets from a single mathematical rule. The rule comes from the Sierpiński carpet, a fractal made by dividing a square into smaller squares without end. Mammadov reverses its direction, so the pattern spreads outward from a point. Each work is laid out on a grid in four parts, as an Azerbaijani carpet is: the field, the main border, and an inner and an outer secondary border. Fractals start from positions chosen at random and meet as they grow. Colour comes from fixed palettes, and single cells are switched on or off to give depth. Each of the 555 works can be redrawn from its own seed. In 2023 the series was shown in Dubai with three hand-made silk carpets, each 130 by 190 cm, ten prints on silk and three lenticular prints.